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  1. cimurray

    Upgrade gaming pc

    Your power supply is fine. Keep your motherboard - it's fine. I game at 4k on an Asus 3000 series chipset (the original AMD4 mobo) with no problems. Do not spend extra on an "x3D" class processor as you are going to have a graphics card bottleneck at 4k unless you plan to buy a 4090 which I...
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    RTX 4070Ti no display, BIOS issue?

    I thought twice about posting this as you seem to have committed to renewing all your components - but I noticed you run two screens and are mixing DP and HDMI connectors. Did you try with just a single screen to test if you got an output? I have had major issues in the past mixing both output...
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    PC failing to start up

    The fact the system was originally stable then started misbehaving a couple of weeks ago indicates something is failing. As you can get it to start with the integrated gpu and have added a new psu suggests a single component is failing intermittently - but which one? The holy grail are the cpu...
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    Do people use KVMs nowadays?

    I have a KVM built into my (BenQ) monitor and love it. I have my own system with a dual monitor setup and at the flick of a switch can use my company laptop to WFH with two screens.
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    How do you game? Upscaling or native? (updated poll choices - 24/12, revote!)

    Native - at 4k GPU - 6800XT CPU - 5700X I run dual monitors with second an asus hi-refresh screen @1440 - but never actually use it for gaming as I much prefer the quality of a 4k screen for gaming.
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    AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor thermal paste

    I leave mine until the temps start rising quite a lot - can take three to four years although depends upon processor temps, type of fan, case cooling and quality of thermal paste. Poor components and/or high temps could be a lot sooner.
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    New PC build - not booting

    PSU is definitely underpowered. Google a power supply calculator and list your components - probably need 650W at least.
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    Powercolor 6800XT

    Having waited over three years to buy an xx80 series video card from Nvidia I gave up today and bought two 6800XT's instead - one for me and one for my son. I needed something with plenty of grunt to push my 4k 32inch primary monitor and 27inch 165Hz secondary monitor. Having decided I wasn't...
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    AMD 7700/7900 Non X

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    RTX 4070Ti no display, BIOS issue?

    Are you saying this is what is displayed on your monitor by the non-working 4070Ti?
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    What do you think of the 4070Ti?

    I'm exactly the same. I've waited patiently for over 5 years to upgrade my GPU and at current prices I'll be waiting a bit longer.....
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    NVIDIA 4000 Series

    Yep - $899 or Sterling equivalent. It is to be renamed RTX4080 12GB version.
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    High FPS But Not Smooth.

    I have read through all of the posts and advice in this thread and hesitated before writing anything but....have you considered if you have bought the right card for what you want? GPU bench-marking sites like hardwareDB (1% overall difference) and userbenchmark (14% difference) show there is...
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    What the heck is wrong with my build?

    Bit of a long shot as you seem to have done all the usual stuff. As your board is an Asus does it have a "PBO Fmax Enhancer" setting in the BIOS? If so try disabling it as it is nothing to do with AMD and it overrides AMD's defaults and sometimes pushes too much power into the CPU.
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    What Consumes More Power Gaming PC or PS5/TV?

    I agree with both of the above comments - any PC with an RTX 3060 or greater will use more power than a TV/PS5 combo. Having an Intel chip just adds to the power consumption.
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    My final build, should i change anything?

    You're welcome. Do post back and let us know what you end up purchasing - with benchmarks of course to show what difference it has made!
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    My final build, should i change anything?

    I have seen a few Youtube videos on this from sites such as Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed. Give this one a try and see what you think...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhMYmEu8gks
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    My final build, should i change anything?

    You won't go far wrong with the items you have listed for your upgrade. Only suggestion I have is to swap the memory for 4 sticks of 8MB each - the old mantra that 2 sticks of RAM is best has been stood on its head by the new generation of Ryzen processors which generally give better results (ie...
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    Sata problems with my new motherboard please help

    Would you mind posting all of the other components in your PC as it is theoretically possible that your PSU just can't produce sufficient power and in those events something has to give - especially when the system gets fully loaded. That means: * Power Supply * Graphics Card * Processor *...
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    Is this B450 Tomahawk Max broken?

    Well bugg** me! VaderDSL was right on the money with his suggestion about loosening off the heatsink screws by half- a turn. I just did that a few minutes ago, stuck in the fourth stick of RAM and it booted straight into windows first pop with all 32GB of RAM showing and at DDR3200. Thanks for...
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